high school girl doesn't get to be valedictorian

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

^^^ I'm with you. I loved EVERY second of high school. I was able to do soooooo many things I wouldn't have had the chance to do otherwise....studying abroad, hosting a Russian, quiz bowl, FBLA....that's in addition to the "big" things like Senior Class President and Student Government.

I even joined FHA for a semester!

I didn't *love* high school, but I had a great time and was involved in a ton of extracurriculars and clubs all while holding a part-time job as a waitress.

Originally Posted by OTW

I graduated from high school 11 years ago and I don't even remember who our valedictorian was.

Our valedictorian was my BFF at the time. No one in our class had a perfect 4.0. She had a 3.8, the next gal (who took chump FFA classes and study halls her senior year and had a senior photo that looked like one of those old-timey photos you take at state fairs or amusement parks of her in a cowboy hat and duster holding a shotgun while sitting on a barrel) had a 3.798. I (who took a full course load including 3 AP classes and no study halls senior year while doing aforementioned extracurriculars and working and should have been 2nd) had a 3.976. No, I'm not bitter or anything.

ETA: our GPA calculations were ancient. IIRC, they weren't weighted and were straight points - A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1. And pluses/minuses weren't figured in. An A- was basically equivalent to an A, B+ the same as a B, etc... We three top students had all had one B+ at some point in our high school careers. I got mine right away first semester Freshman year, so I had to try and build my GPA back up. #2 got hers second semester freshman year and #1 got hers first semester sophomore year.